MTS Management Group and metal guitar virtuoso, Xander Demos are proud to announce the completion of Xander’s second signature model guitar, the McNaught XD627. The 6-string, 27-fret guitar features the “Xander Demos double cutaway-style body” for easy access to the upper frets, a Maple neck with McNaught patented “Set-Thru Neck,” and a quilted maple top. […]

The Big Book of Hair Metal (Review)

This book is a great addition to your Metal and Music related shelves! Simply the way it looks and the way it feels make it a really nice jewel to own. It is indeed a big book with solid hard cover and 224 high quality pages of full color illustrations. All your vintage and not-so-vintage […]

Hair Metal Rock Is Still Alive And Well

Even if heavy metal is seen by many people as evil and destructive it is still very popular among young and old. It is pretty obvious that the thing teenagers today (and yesterday and tomorrow) are crazy about is music. Of all the musical genres the one with probably the most enthusiastic fans has to […]

Heavy Metal Evolution

To start, it helps to understand that the origins of Heavy Metal came from Rock and Roll that evolved from the Blues and Psychedelic sounds prominent in the sixties. As it took a heavier turn with the use of distortion and power chords, there came the sound known as Hard Rock, perpetuated most significantly by […]

The Best of 80s Hair Metal Bands

Who could forget the metal bands from the 80s and early 90s with that big hair? The hair style alone made a stand out fashion statement. The music was big, flashy, and glamorous just like the hair of the band members. This particular type of heavy metal was very popular in California near the Los […]

Tuff singer Stevie Rachelle recalls how Warrant frontman Jani Lane would not take “no” for an answer Tuff singer and Metal Sludge principal Stevie Rachelle continues to share his story via a series of articles on Metal Sludge called the Tuff Diaries and is now on his sixth instalment and since today is seven years to the […]

Monster Truck release video for new song “Evolution” from new upcoming album ‘True Rockers’ Canadian hard rockers Monster Truck have released a video for their new track “Evolution” from their new upcoming studio album True Rockers, which is slated for release on September 14, 2018. The group has also released the title track, which features […]

Rainforce release song “I Am Yours” for streaming Swiss hard rockers Rainforce have released the song “I Am Yours” for streaming from their album Lion’s Den released in April last year. Sleaze Roxx stated the following in its review of Lion’s Den: “…. Rainforce‘s music is kind of old school metal (in terms of the pace […]

Kix’s ‘Fuse 30 Reblown’ album to be released on September 21st and available via PledgeMusic Maryland, USA rockers Kix are celebrating the release of their platinum selling album Blow My Fuse with the release of the record Fuse 30 Reblown, which will be out on September 21, 2018 and available exclusively via PledgeMusic. Kix‘s PledgeMusic […]

The Struts release new track “Primadonna Like Me” UK rockers The Struts consisting of lead vocalist Luke Spiller, guitarist Addo Slack, bassist Jed Elliott and drummer Gethin Davies have released a new song titled “Primadonna Like Me.” Sleaze Roxx stated the following in its review about The Struts‘ EP Have You Heard…: “We have some high hopes for this […]

In/Vertigo release new song “Bad Enemy” for streaming Western Canadian hard rockers In/Vertigo have released a new song titled “Bad Enemy” for streaming. Sleaze Roxx stated as follows in its review of In/Vertigo‘s debut self-titled album: “In terms of In/Vertigo‘s EP, you’ll recall the movie Jerry Maguire featuring Tom Cruise and where Renee Zellweger uttered this […]

Over time, ‘80s hair metal became justifiably maligned by metal fans for not being… well, for not being all that heavy. But this wasn’t always a misnomer; not until well into the decade, anyway, when bands like Poison and Bon Jovi decided to capitalize on the hair metal visuals and presentation with increasingly anemic guitars, […]